Growing up in the United States I’ve learned that some Western cultures identify gender by sexual appendages. This is now known to no longer be true. Sexual orientation on a global scale has different outlooks. In Western Civilization when a person is confused about their sexual orientation‚ they switch to the other gender. For example‚ in the intersex video a child named MC was given the gender of female after being born intersex. While growing up MC was physically a girl‚ but showed characteristics
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Rhetorical Analysis on Two Selected Articles: ‘’The Culture of Shut-Up’’ and ‘’the Struggle Over Media Literacy’’ 1.0 Article Introduction 1.1 The Culture of Shut-up A recent article by Jon Lovett on The Atlantic ’s site‚ "The Culture of Shut Up"—contends effectively that ensuring opportunity of discourse is presently up to each of us in this Internet age. As institutional watchmen lose their energy to control data‚ which ends up less demanding toward oneself designated individual guards
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needs to be stopped. bell hooks also suggests that both males and females have to acknowledge that the problem is patriarchy and work to end patriarchy. hooks’ starts off her article with the definition of patriarchy‚ which is a single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation. In other words‚ patriarchy is a political system that insists that males inherently dominating‚ superior to everything and everyone deemed weak‚
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Hurston Lorde and hooks all believe in social and economical equality. They believe that everyone is or should be equal. People in today’s society fight many different battles of discrimination‚ due to markers of difference. These three intellectuals give advice on how to raise future generations to become egocentric. In order to do this parents must raise their children with high self esteem. As they grow they will begin to explore differences with confidence and use their past to educate themselves
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Dalaney Renz Ms. Mendoza English 10 3/7/13 Sandy Hook Shooting Mainstream media claims that Sandy Hook shooting was a massacre and an intruder at the school took many children’s lives that day. But there has been strange behavior and evidence that the shooting was a hoax‚ planned and acted by the government so people would be persuaded to believe that guns are the problem. Therefore‚ the government would try and take away our second amendment rights. Friday December 14th‚ 2012 mainstream
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Pin-Up or Pin-Down? Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism‚ Sexuality‚ Popular Culture is a book written by Maria Elena Buszek that explains how third-wave feminists are taking back pin-up culture. This new pin-up culture is shown developing through a 150 year time span. Buszek examines old and new female sex symbols as well as the beginnings of this new revival of the pin-up genre. This book illustrates how women are often publicly depicted and the representation of our sexualities since the early 1860’s. Buszek
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second half of Bell Hooks’ work. In this book‚ Hooks is giving the reader an insight into her experiences as a Black female feminist educator teaching about Black women’s issues. Although I myself am not Black‚ as a Mexican-American woman pursuing an academic career‚ I could relate to a vast amount of what Hooks stated throughout the book. The point that struck me the most was the discussion of critiques and the validation of experience in academia (Hooks‚ 1994). In chapter 6‚ Hooks critiques Diana
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at Sandy Hook The Sandy Hook massacre in Newton‚ Connecticut caught the attention of many American families throughout the nation. The final death toll reached twenty-six‚ with a total of twenty students and six teachers. Although this infamous event will always remain a tragedy‚ it will be remembered as the most significant event of 2012 because it influenced the controversy of gun laws‚ illuminated the health care system‚ and made school safety an issue. After the shooting at Sandy Hook‚ the controversy
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Rhetorical Analysis on Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor In the essay‚ “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor” written by Hooks‚ the author addresses on how the society represents‚ and displays poverty through false assumptions made by the higher class popular culture‚ and media representations . Hooks uses her own personal experiences to connect with her readers‚ about the issue on poverty. Also adding to that‚ she references to a black philosopher‚ named Cornel West
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10 Writing Hooks Writing Class Notes: Beginning Hooks - Strategies to use to catch your reader’s attention 1. Begin with a smile or a metaphor. My life has been a carnival. My family is like an open book. 2. Begin with a question. Who is the greatest athlete of all times? 3. Begin with a definition. Friendly is the best way to describe my personality: I am friendly and caring. Perfect is the best adjective to describe me: I am flawless in every aspect of my life. 4. Begin with
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